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Dowry, a transfer at marriage from parents to daughters, is an ancient tradition that persists in contemporary India—despite prohibition since 1961. In months where the gold price goes up, the chances of a girl surviving through the neonatal period are significantly lower than for boys. (Photo by Juliana Cunha) Photo used under CC BY

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Price of gold affects girls’ survival in India

Gold is often a part of bridal dowries in India. According to new research, when gold prices go up, the cost of raising girls rises resulting in families tending to neglect or abort them.

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Quartz

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Kenyan moms pressured to kill disabled infants

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BBC

Malawi women dying from backstreet abortions

Hundreds of women die every year in Malawi as a result of the government‘s restrictive abortion law, which only permits the procedure in cases where the woman’s life is at risk.

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CNN

Returning Cameroon migrants face trauma, debt

After enduring trauma, sexual violence and slavery in Libya, migrants returning to Cameroon are struggling to get their lives back on track amid harsh discrimination.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

UN to prepare evidence of Rohingya atrocities

The UN Human Rights Council will establish an international body that will collect evidence and prepare case files of alleged atrocities in Myanmar, where the military has been accused of committing genocide against the Rohingya.

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TIME

Pope Francis defrocks Chilean priest

Father Fernando Karadima, who was at the center of a child sexual abuse scandal during the 1980s and 1990s, has been stripped of his duties by the pope.

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Pope admits the Church has lost credibility over sex abuse scandal

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CNN

In besieged Idlib, medics fear catastrophe

Millions of civilians in Syria’s last rebel-held province have been living in fear of an all-out assault. Medical workers remain fearful of a humanitarian catastrophe.

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BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Africans take ultimate risk, fleeing to Spain

The Morocco to Spain route has become the most popular path for asylum seekers attempting to reach Europe. The lack of reasonable livelihoods force people to risk their lives and flee the African continent.

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Al Jazeera

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In Madrid, Roma community prepares to move

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Reuters

UN renews expert probe of Yemen crimes

The U.N. brushes aside the objections of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen‘s internationally recognized government. The measure, among other things, extends the experts’ mandate by one year.

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Tampa Bay Times

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Brazil violence spurs support for right-winger

Porto Alegre has become wracked by recession, political instability and social ills including rising poverty and soaring crime. People in the city of want drastic change.

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Reuters

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Trump wants sanctions on Venezuela

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Women of menstruating age allowed at temple

India’s Supreme Court has ruled that religious freedoms cannot be invoked as a “cover” for sexist policies, ordering a historic temple to lift its ban on women “of menstruating age.”

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The Independent

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Indonesia ill-prepared for drastic tsunami

Like other countries ravaged by the 2004 tsunami, Indonesia is now linked to a tsunami detection system in the Indian Ocean. However, sitting on a fault line, the country faces a tall task to stay prepared.

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National Geographic

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Tsunami hits Indonesian coastal city

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BBC

US, China wrestle over Papua New Guinea

The U.S. is working on a counter to stop Huawei from building internet infrastructure in Papua New Guinea. This has benefited the country’s economic development and was warmly welcomed in Papua New Guinea.

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Reuters

GLOBAL HEALTH

UN urges Venezuela to accept food, medical aid

The UN Human Rights Council voted through a resolution urging the government of crisis-hit Venezuela to “accept humanitarian assistance” to alleviate its “scarcity” of food and medicines.

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Yahoo! News

Brain inflammation linked to fibromyalgia

A study has documented for the first time widespread inflammation in the brains of patients with the poorly understood condition called fibromyalgia.

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ScienceDaily

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GOOD NEWS

S. Sudanese hope rugby will promote peace

Civil war-torn South Sudan this year launched its first rugby league since it won independence from Sudan, finding in the sport a way to promote peace.

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ABC News

Siblings separated in foster care reunite

About 350 siblings separated in foster care were reunited at Disneyland over the weekend. The Disney Days are organized by a nonprofit “dedicated to transforming the way kids experience foster care in America.”

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All passengers on plane survive crash

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NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Ethical tourism charity forced to close

The independent, nonprofit organization had battled for financial survival for many years, with annual reports describing how it had always struggled to generate a core income.

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Guardian

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Burundi suspends NGOs for law violation

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The East African

Nonprofit helps domestic violence victims

The Family Justice Center consoles and provides resources for those suffering from domestic or sexual violence. In the era of the Me Too movement, more survivors of assault are speaking out.

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WSBT

ENVIRONMENT

Pollution set to end half of all killer whales

At least half of the world’s killer whale populations are doomed to extinction due to persistent pollution. Although the poisonous chemicals have been banned for decades, they are still leaking into the seas.

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Guardian

World not even close to reaching climate goal

Governments across the globe are “nowhere near on track” to meet their goal of preventing global warming of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial period.

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The Hill

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Warmer Atlantic juiced 2017 hurricanes

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Science News

ECONOMY

Building roads in Kenya becoming costly

The cost of building new roads has breached earlier limits set by the government, dealing a blow to concerted efforts to rein in unscrupulous contractors.

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Daily Nation

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Kenya farmers see uptick in business

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Reuters

Indonesian spearfishing a dangerous business

At least 11 men from Lombok have died in scuba fishing accidents, an others succumb to paralysis. The accidents are made more likely because the divers use cheap, makeshift rigs that tend not to include pressure gauges.

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Mongabay

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Girls washing clothes on the side of the road in Torit, Sudan, after heavy rains. (Photo by Arsenie Coseac) Photo used under CC BY

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